Behind the scenes

The database in numbers

Every day the database counts what it knows. Here is how it has grown since 2016, and the days when the most was added.

Today

As of 15 Nov 2026, recorded daily since 30 Apr 2016. The lines show the end of each month.

  • Matches

    44,111

    +3,653 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 15,653Dec 2017: 17,868Dec 2018: 20,464Dec 2019: 23,047Dec 2020: 27,301Dec 2021: 30,837Dec 2022: 33,743Dec 2023: 35,679Dec 2024: 38,215Dec 2025: 40,818Nov 2026: 44,111
    Show values per year end
    MonthValue
    Nov 202644,111
    Dec 202540,818
    Dec 202438,215
    Dec 202335,679
    Dec 202233,743
    Dec 202130,837
    Dec 202027,301
    Dec 201923,047
    Dec 201820,464
    Dec 201717,868
    Dec 201615,653

  • Goals

    114,625

    +10,694 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 31,621Dec 2017: 41,825Dec 2018: 50,369Dec 2019: 58,979Dec 2020: 70,726Dec 2021: 79,470Dec 2022: 86,173Dec 2023: 91,191Dec 2024: 97,393Dec 2025: 104,904Nov 2026: 114,625
    Show values per year end
    MonthValue
    Nov 2026114,625
    Dec 2025104,904
    Dec 202497,393
    Dec 202391,191
    Dec 202286,173
    Dec 202179,470
    Dec 202070,726
    Dec 201958,979
    Dec 201850,369
    Dec 201741,825
    Dec 201631,621

  • Players

    101,385

    +5,164 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 63,731Dec 2017: 67,000Dec 2018: 69,766Dec 2019: 72,880Dec 2020: 77,058Dec 2021: 81,122Dec 2022: 85,348Dec 2023: 88,657Dec 2024: 92,002Dec 2025: 96,822Nov 2026: 101,385
    Show values per year end
    MonthValue
    Nov 2026101,385
    Dec 202596,822
    Dec 202492,002
    Dec 202388,657
    Dec 202285,348
    Dec 202181,122
    Dec 202077,058
    Dec 201972,880
    Dec 201869,766
    Dec 201767,000
    Dec 201663,731

  • Coaches

    4,483

    +341 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 1,797Dec 2017: 2,122Dec 2018: 2,437Dec 2019: 2,680Dec 2020: 3,022Dec 2021: 3,253Dec 2022: 3,495Dec 2023: 3,660Dec 2024: 3,845Dec 2025: 4,172Nov 2026: 4,483
    Show values per year end
    MonthValue
    Nov 20264,483
    Dec 20254,172
    Dec 20243,845
    Dec 20233,660
    Dec 20223,495
    Dec 20213,253
    Dec 20203,022
    Dec 20192,680
    Dec 20182,437
    Dec 20172,122
    Dec 20161,797

  • Clubs

    37,401

    +1,629 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 20,392Dec 2017: 21,707Dec 2018: 22,983Dec 2019: 24,814Dec 2020: 27,084Dec 2021: 29,129Dec 2022: 30,724Dec 2023: 32,194Dec 2024: 33,923Dec 2025: 36,028Nov 2026: 37,401
    Show values per year end
    MonthValue
    Nov 202637,401
    Dec 202536,028
    Dec 202433,923
    Dec 202332,194
    Dec 202230,724
    Dec 202129,129
    Dec 202027,084
    Dec 201924,814
    Dec 201822,983
    Dec 201721,707
    Dec 201620,392

  • Substitutions

    244,887

    +17,194 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 74,886Dec 2017: 95,964Dec 2018: 116,538Dec 2019: 134,151Dec 2020: 155,661Dec 2021: 173,553Dec 2022: 187,359Dec 2023: 200,314Dec 2024: 216,527Dec 2025: 229,828Nov 2026: 244,887
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    MonthValue
    Nov 2026244,887
    Dec 2025229,828
    Dec 2024216,527
    Dec 2023200,314
    Dec 2022187,359
    Dec 2021173,553
    Dec 2020155,661
    Dec 2019134,151
    Dec 2018116,538
    Dec 201795,964
    Dec 201674,886

  • Yellow cards

    89,446

    +4,790 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 28,498Dec 2017: 37,633Dec 2018: 46,125Dec 2019: 53,485Dec 2020: 61,747Dec 2021: 67,860Dec 2022: 71,878Dec 2023: 76,316Dec 2024: 81,297Dec 2025: 85,296Nov 2026: 89,446
    Show values per year end
    MonthValue
    Nov 202689,446
    Dec 202585,296
    Dec 202481,297
    Dec 202376,316
    Dec 202271,878
    Dec 202167,860
    Dec 202061,747
    Dec 201953,485
    Dec 201846,125
    Dec 201737,633
    Dec 201628,498

  • Second yellows

    2,143

    +74 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 807Dec 2017: 1,072Dec 2018: 1,300Dec 2019: 1,495Dec 2020: 1,686Dec 2021: 1,782Dec 2022: 1,843Dec 2023: 1,935Dec 2024: 2,021Dec 2025: 2,083Nov 2026: 2,143
    Show values per year end
    MonthValue
    Nov 20262,143
    Dec 20252,083
    Dec 20242,021
    Dec 20231,935
    Dec 20221,843
    Dec 20211,782
    Dec 20201,686
    Dec 20191,495
    Dec 20181,300
    Dec 20171,072
    Dec 2016807

  • Red cards

    3,604

    +303 in the last 12 months

    Dec 2016: 1,011Dec 2017: 1,313Dec 2018: 1,637Dec 2019: 1,898Dec 2020: 2,374Dec 2021: 2,665Dec 2022: 2,828Dec 2023: 2,973Dec 2024: 3,143Dec 2025: 3,331Nov 2026: 3,604
    Show values per year end
    MonthValue
    Nov 20263,604
    Dec 20253,331
    Dec 20243,143
    Dec 20232,973
    Dec 20222,828
    Dec 20212,665
    Dec 20202,374
    Dec 20191,898
    Dec 20181,637
    Dec 20171,313
    Dec 20161,011

Added per year

Growth of every count from the end of one year to the end of the next.

YearMatchesGoalsPlayersCoachesClubsSubstitutionsYellow cardsSecond yellowsRed cards
2026+3,293+9,721+4,563+311+1,373+15,059+4,150+60+273
2025+2,603+7,511+4,820+327+2,105+13,301+3,999+62+188
2024+2,536+6,202+3,345+185+1,729+16,213+4,981+86+170
2023+1,936+5,018+3,309+165+1,470+12,955+4,438+92+145
2022+2,906+6,703+4,226+242+1,595+13,806+4,018+61+163
2021+3,536+8,744+4,064+231+2,045+17,892+6,113+96+291
2020+4,254+11,747+4,178+342+2,270+21,510+8,262+191+476
2019+2,583+8,610+3,114+243+1,831+17,613+7,360+195+261
2018+2,596+8,544+2,766+315+1,276+20,574+8,492+228+324
2017+2,215+10,204+3,269+325+1,315+21,078+9,135+265+302
2016 (since 30/04/2016)+922+2,893+1,670+214+752+6,167+2,870+72+87

The busiest days

The days with the most new matches, compared with the day before: big imports and long editing sessions.

#DateMatchesGoalsPlayersClubsSubstitutions
1+250+561+209+111+1,409
2+143+416+216+56+468
3+138+25+17+1+87
4+118+370+64+29+899
5+110+417+128+2+35
6+99+274+8+5+290
7+89+0−3+15+0
8+87+231+21+2+73
9+72+222+43+3+281
10+67+210+82+21+105

How it's counted

Every day a job counts the matches, goals, cards, substitutions, players, coaches and clubs in the database and stores the numbers. Players and coaches are people marked as such (somebody can be both). Counts can also go down when duplicates are merged or entries deleted.